Category: New Zealand
Auckland has been rated one of the world’s most gay friendly cities in a new Lonely Planet guide. Lonely Planet’s new Guide to Pride features information on the top 20 gay-friendly cities around the world, including the local gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender (GLBT) scene and annual gay pride celebrations, as well as the usual […]
Mozambique has legalised homosexuality, striking down a colonial era law which criminalised gay sex. The southern African nation will officially be added to the list of countries with no law against same-sex relations, While homosexuality was never specifically criminalized in the country, a clause of the old penal code that allowed for “security measures” against […]
Kevin Hague has missed out on his bid to become Green party co leader. The openly gay MP missed out on becoming Green party co leader, coming second behind winner James Shaw who will now join Metiria Turei as co leader. Shaw won the position on first preference votes reviving 54% to Kevin Hague’s 44% with […]
The Ministry of Education is urging New Zealand schools to better understand gender identity and be vigilant for homophobia. A range of measures have recommended in a new guide released yesterday to create safer spaces for GLBT students in New Zealand schools. Among the measures, the report says that schools should reconsider their toilet facilities […]
Bruce Kilmister was last night thanked for his decades of service to the GLBT community and those living with HIV/AIDS The celebration organised by Karen Ritchie, was an opportunity for the GLBT community to say thank you for the decades of service former Body Positive CEO Bruce Kilmister has given to those living with HIV/AIDS […]
Members of Parliament have used this year’s Pink Shirt Day to launch a cross-party GLBT working group. The group has been established to provide education, leadership and legislative progress on GLBT rights. It was initiated by Green Party MP Jan Logie and includes 12 members from Labour, National, Greens, NZ First and Act. “We are hoping […]
Two judges in Argentina reduced a convicted child abuser’s sentence almost by half, ruling his six-year-old victim had already been traumatised through earlier abuse. The judges ruled that Mario Tolosa would have his six year sentence cut to just 38 months saying the man’s actions should not, in legal terms, be considered “gravely outrageous” because the boy […]
Labour MP for Manurewa Louisa Wall is vowing to continue the fight to ensure that gender identity is included in the Human Rights Act, despite today’s setback. The government today rejected Wall’s request to have gender identity included specifically in the Human Rights Act. Wall sought to introduce the change by having it included in the […]